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- the present invention relates to a PWM (pulse width modulation) charge pump circuit which outputs a converted power source voltage for driving a load.
- PWM pulse width modulation
- charge pump circuits In order to produce a regulated output voltage, two types of charge pump circuits have conventionally been employed. These charge pump circuits include the linear regulator type, which is capable of producing only a reduction in source voltage, and the switching mode type, which is capable of producing either a reduction or an increase in source voltage.
- linear regulator type which is capable of producing only a reduction in source voltage
- switching mode type which is capable of producing either a reduction or an increase in source voltage.
- each of these conventional charge pump circuits has various limitations. For example, while the ripple voltage is small in the linear regulator type charge pump circuit, the input/output efficiency is low since it can only be used to reduce a source voltage.
- the switching mode type charge pump circuit while either a reduction or an increase in source voltage is possible, a large ripple voltage is also produced.
- significant radio frequency noise is generated due to the switching operation. For this reason, efforts have been directed toward the realization of a charge pump circuit which can both increase and reduce a source voltage, which has a small ripple voltage, and which also has desirable radio frequency
- Such devices generally have capacitors arranged in a plurality of stages, and a switch group for driving the respective capacitors to transfer a charge from a voltage source to an output terminal in order to drive a load with a regulated voltage.
- each capacitor may be connected to a pair of switches for transferring charge to the capacitor from a previous stage of the circuit.
- the charge pump circuit shown in schematic diagram form in FIG. 2 is one such type of charge pump circuit.
- This design is disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent No. 63-157667 (U.S. Pat. No. 941,373), entitled "An integrated double load pump power source circuit including power-down characteristics and an RS-232 transmitter/receiver".
- the charge pump switch group comprises first through fourth switches (SW1-SW4) 101-104. When a first switch (SW1) 101 and a third switch (SW3) 103 are closed, and a second switch (SW2) 102 and a fourth switch (SW4) 104 are open, a charge is transferred to a pump capacitor (C1) 111 from an external power source (V DD ) 100.
- the pump capacitor (C1) 111 is charged to the same voltage as that of the external power source (V DD ) 100. Thereafter, the second switch (SW2) 102 and the fourth switch (SW4) 104 are closed, the first switch (SW1) 101 and the third switch (SW3) 103 are opened, and the charge is transferred from the pump capacitor (C1) 111 to an output capacitor (C2) 112. After a sufficient time period to achieve charge transfer, the output capacitor (C2) 112 will also be charged to the same voltage as that of the external power source (V DD ) 100.
- the output capacitor (C2) 112 is connected in series with the pump capacitor (C1) 111, the voltage across output terminal 121 and ground terminal (GND) 120 is twice that of the external power source (V DD ) 100.
- V DD external power source
- fifth through eighth switches (SW5-SW8) 105-108 and third and fourth capacitors (C3, C4) 113, 114 may be driven in the same manner as described above to perform a similar voltage conversion. When this is done, the voltage of output terminal 122 becomes negative, and the absolute value of the voltage is twice that of the power source.
- FIG. 3(A) is a block diagram of another type of charge pump circuit as disclosed, for example, in Japanese Laid-Open Patent No. 6351229 entitled, "A charge pump riser circuit with an output voltage stabilizer".
- the switches SW1-SW4 of the charge pump switch group comprise FETs (TR1-TR4) 101-104.
- a pulse generator 1 is used for generating a sawtooth waveform (shown as signal A in FIG. 3(B)) for driving the FETs 101-104.
- a resistor 2, and inverters 4, 5 convert the sawtooth waveform into pulses of the appropriate polarity for use as control signals.
- the first transistor (TR1) 101 and third transistor (TR3) 103 are first turned ON to transfer charge from the voltage source (V DD ) 100 to the pump capacitor (C1) 111.
- the first transistor (TR1) 101 and the third transistor (TR3) 103 are then turned OFF and the second transistor (TR2) and the fourth transistor (TR4) 104 are turned ON.
- Charge is transferred to the output capacitor (C2) 112 to output a voltage having a magnitude of 2 ⁇ V DD at the output terminal (V out ) 122.
- the charge pump circuit of FIG. 3(A) has a structure in which the output voltage is regulated by applying negative feedback from the output terminal (V out ) 122 to the third transistor (TR3) 103 which charges the pump capacitor (C1) 111.
- a feedback network comprising a resistor divider having a first resistor R1 and a second resistor R2 for dividing the voltage applied at the output terminal (V out ) 122 and producing a divided output voltage, a reference voltage circuit 115 for generating a reference voltage (V ref ) 116, a comparator 117 for comparing the divided output voltage with the reference voltage (V ref ) 116, a third resistor R3 and a third capacitor C3 for converting the output current of the comparator 117 into a voltage, and a constant current source (ISRC).
- ISRC constant current source
- the ON time of the third transistor (TR3) 103 (the pulse width "PW" of signal D in FIG. 3(B)) varies, and it is thus possible to adjust the charging level of the pump capacitor (C1) 111 so that the average output voltage from the output terminal (V out ) 122 is a fixed voltage.
- the charge pump circuits of FIGS. 2 and 3(A) have various shortcomings. For example, if the external power source voltage for the charge pump circuit of FIG. 2 is V DD , the output voltage is 2 ⁇ V DD and -2 ⁇ V DD . While the output voltage may be increased by connecting a plurality of charge pump circuits in multiple stages (i.e., n stages), the output voltage is n times the voltage of the power source (n being the integer number of voltage increasing stages of the charge pump circuit). The output of this charge pump circuit is therefore limited to an integer multiple of the output voltage V DD of the external source.
- the charge pump circuit shown in FIG. 3(A) was designed to overcome this problem.
- the charge level of the pump capacitor (C1) 111 is adjusted using the value of the output voltage V out , so that the output voltage is stabilized and the above-mentioned problem is resolved.
- There are two methods of adjusting the output voltage involving either varying the ON-time of the third transistor (TR3) 103 or varying the resistance of the third transistor (TR3) 103 when it is ON. These methods employ PWM (pulse width modulation) technology and carry out a fixed cycle of switching, achieving a small ripple voltage.
- PWM pulse width modulation
- VDD voltage of power source
- f oscillation frequency
- RSW1 resistance when TR1 is ON
- RSSW2 resistance when TR2 is ON
- FIG. 5 shows the relationship between output voltage and pulse width found from the simulation conducted under Condition 1.
- V DD 10 V.
- the pulse width (hereinafter abbreviated as PW) is shortened.
- PW pulse width
- V out when the output voltage (V out ) is set at 9.5 V, PW equals 2.1 ⁇ s. When V out equals 9.0 V, PW equals 0.9 ⁇ s. In other words, in order to vary an output voltage of 9.5 V by 0.5 V, the length of PW must be varied by approximately 1.2 ⁇ s.
- FIG. 6 Another charge pump circuit designed to alleviate the above-described problems is shown in FIG. 6.
- the gate pulse voltage applied to the third transistor (TR3) 103 By controlling the gate pulse voltage applied to the third transistor (TR3) 103, the resistance when the third transistor (TR3) 103 is ON can be adjusted.
- the inventors analyzed this circuit in a simulation, it was found that it was very difficult from a technical standpoint to maintain a fixed output voltage using this method.
- FIGS. 7(A) and 7(B) The circuit and waveforms used in this simulation are shown in FIGS. 7(A) and 7(B).
- a variable resistor (RSW3) 118 was connected in series with the third switch (SW3) 103 in order to vary the resistance of the third switch (SW3) 103 to form an equivalent circuit.
- VDD(voltage of power source) 5.0 v
- f (oscillation frequency) 50 kHz
- RSW2 resistance when TR2 is ON
- RSSW4 resistance when TR4 is ON
- FIG. 8 shows the relationship between the resistance of the third switch (RSW3) 118 and the output voltage found from the simulation conducted under Condition 2, with output current I out as the parameter.
- the charge is supplied to the pump capacitor (C1) 111 via a resistance, electrical power is consumed unnecessarily in the resistance and the efficiency of the input/output conversion is thus reduced.
- FIG. 9 shows another type of charge pump circuit intended to eliminate the foregoing problems.
- This charge pump switch group is identical to that shown in FIG. 3(A).
- first and second pulse generators are used to drive OR gates for providing control signals to the charge pump switch group.
- the feedback loop includes a resistor divider having a first resistor R1 and a second resistor R2 for dividing the output voltage of the charge pump circuit and producing a divided output voltage, a reference voltage circuit 115 for generating a reference voltage, and a comparator 117 for comparing the reference voltage and the divided output voltage.
- the comparator 117 and OR gates compares the divided output voltage with a reference voltage, and turns off the charge pump switch group when the divided output voltage exceeds the reference voltage.
- the switching characteristic is such that it does not affect the input/output conversion efficiency.
- This method of control known as PFM (pulse frequency modulation)
- PFM pulse frequency modulation
- an object of the present invention is to provide a PWM type charge pump circuit which has a fixed output voltage and a high input/output conversion efficiency, which is easy to control, and which has a simple construction using a switching system that ensures a small ripple voltage even if the voltage of the power source varies significantly.
- the charge pump circuit is of the type utilizing negative feedback for supplying a divided output voltage to a charge pump switch group in order to regulate the output voltage.
- the charge pump circuit comprises a charge pump switch group having one or more first switch elements for selectively transferring an input charge to one or more first capacitors, and one or more second switch elements for transferring charge from the one or more first capacitors to one or more second capacitors.
- the circuit has a feedback path comprising a reference voltage circuit for generating a reference voltage, an error amplifier for amplifying a difference between a divided output voltage and the reference voltage, a phase characteristic compensation circuit for phase compensating the feedback network, an oscillator for generating a ramp waveform, and a control circuit for driving the one or more first and second switch elements.
- At least one of the switch elements for transferring charge to the one or more first or second capacitors comprises a device, such as a transistor, having an ON resistance that can be adjusted externally and is driven by the ramp waveform such that its resistance varies with time.
- the charge transferred from a power source to the one or more first capacitors or the charge transferred to the one or more second capacitors from the one or more first capacitors can easily be adjusted.
- the charge transferred is small, the on-time of the ramp waveform is short and the average value of the ON resistance is large.
- the feedback network adjusts the on-time of the variable resistance switch element using a ramp waveform, it has a structure in which the average resistance value of the switch circuit can be easily varied even when the voltage of the power source fluctuates greatly.
- a charge pump circuit having the above-described structure operation proceeds such that the average resistance of the switch circuit varies when the voltage of the power source varies, so that an output with a fixed voltage and low ripple voltage can be obtained.
- the control circuit is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and it is therefore possible to supply the device at a low cost.
- the charge pump circuit of the present invention has desirably low electromagnetic radiation (radio frequency noise) characteristics, low current consumption, and high input/output conversion efficiency. Since it can be easily used to create a monolithic IC, the charge pump circuit of the present invention is suitable for application in portable electronic equipment.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a charge pump circuit in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a charge pump circuit used to explain the drawbacks of the prior art
- FIG. 3(A) is a schematic diagram of another charge pump circuit used to explain the drawbacks of the prior art
- FIG. 3(B) is a graphical representation of waveforms appearing at various portions of the charge pump circuit of FIG. 3(A);
- FIG. 4(4) is a schematic diagram of a simulation circuit used for analysis of the charge pump circuit of FIG. 3(A);
- FIG. 4(B) is a graphical representation of waveforms appearing at various portions of the simulation circuit of FIG. 4(A);
- FIG. 5 is a graphical representation of the relationship between output voltage and pulse width in the simulation circuit shown in FIG. 4(A);
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another charge pump circuit used to explain the drawbacks of the prior art.
- FIG. 7(A) is a schematic diagram of a simulation circuit used for analysis of the charge pump circuit of FIG. 6;
- FIG. 7(B) is a graphical representation of waveforms appearing at various portions of the simulation circuit of FIG. 7(A);
- FIG. 8 is a graphical representation of the relationship between resistance and output voltage in the simulation circuit of FIG. 7(A);
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another charge pump circuit used to explain the drawbacks of the prior art.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the charge pump switch group used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the charge pump stitch group used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of yet another embodiment of the charge pump switch group used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the charge pump switch group used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention, which is the same as that shown in FIG. 10 with a FET being substituted for each of the switches;
- FIG. 14(A) is a schematic diagram showing a portion of the charge pump circuit of the first embodiment
- FIG. 14(B) is a graphical representation of waveforms appearing at various portions of the circuit of FIG. 14(A);
- FIG. 15 is a graphical representation of the V gs -I ds characteristics of a MOS transistor
- FIG. 16 is a graphical representation of the relationship between V gs and R on for a MOS transistor
- FIGS. 17(A) and B are graphical representation of the relationship between maximum power of the ramp waveform (V gsmax ) and average resistance (R ave );
- FIG. 18 is a graphical representation of the relationship between output voltage and pulse width
- FIG. 19 is an enlarged diagram of a portion of FIG. 18;
- FIG. 20 is a graphical representation of a ramp waveform in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a graphical representation of a ramp waveform in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a graphical representation of a ramp waveform in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a graphical representation of a ramp waveform in accordance with still yet another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a ramp waveform generating circuit used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a ramp waveform generating circuit used in the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the charge pump circuit of the present invention.
- This circuit comprises a group of charge pump switches 130 having a plurality of switching elements, and which may also have built-in capacitors for the transfer and storage of electric charge, a resistor divider comprising a first resistor (R1) 124 and a second resistor (R2) 125 for dividing the output voltage of charge pump switch group 130, an error amplifier 126 for amplifying the difference between the divided output voltage and a reference voltage, first and second gain and phase characteristic compensation circuits 131, 132 for stabilizing the feedback circuit network, a control circuit 128 for supplying the charge pump switch group 130 directly or indirectly with the output voltage or current of the error amplifier 126 as ON/OFF control signals, and an oscillator 127.
- R1 resistor
- R2 second resistor
- the charge pump circuit is shown within the broken lines in FIG. 1.
- the component parts of the design described above can all be built into a single monolithic IC chip.
- a pump capacitor (C1) 111 and an output capacitor (C2) 112 are connected externally to the charge pump circuit.
- the pump capacitor (C1) 111 and output capacitor (C2) 112 require a large capacitance value due to various operating conditions, such as the magnitude of the current consumed by the load and the operating frequency.
- capacitors are provided externally since it is difficult to form an integrated circuit on a single chip with a large capacitance of 10 ⁇ f, for example.
- output current is not particularly important, or where the oscillation frequency can be set to a high value, it is possible to build the pump capacitor (C1) 111 and output capacitor (C2) 112 into the IC.
- the reference voltage circuit 115 produces a fixed voltage V ref even if the voltage of the power source varies. This may be of the type known, for example, as the band-gap reference voltage circuit or the like.
- the power source for the reference voltage circuit 115 may be an external power source (V DD ) 100, or depending on the circuit design, it may be the output voltage V out at output terminal 123. In either case, a higher voltage than the reference voltage V ref is necessary.
- the oscillator 127 supplies a waveform at a fixed frequency to the control circuit 128 even if the voltage of the power source fluctuates.
- the oscillation circuit 127 it is possible to use a ring oscillator circuit, a non-stable multivibrator circuit, a blocking oscillator circuit or the like, all of which are known in the prior art and will not be described in detail herein.
- the power source of the oscillation circuit 127 may be the external power source (V DD ) 100, similar to that as used for the reference voltage circuit 115, or, depending on the design of the circuit, it may be the output voltage V out at output terminal 123.
- the oscillator 127 may be arranged so that the oscillation frequency can be adjusted using an externally supplied voltage or the value of an externally connected capacitor.
- the error amplifier 126 has a negative input terminal which receives the reference voltage signal V ref , a positive input terminal which receives the divided output voltage of the charge pump switch group 130, and an output terminal which outputs an added signal.
- the error amplifier 126 amplifies or attenuates the difference between the divided output voltage and V ref .
- the first and second gain and phase compensation circuits 131, 132 may be replaced by a device fitted with an operational amplifier. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, while the first gain and phase compensation circuit 131 is connected for convenience to the output of the error amplifier 126 and to the inverted input terminal, it will be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that the error amplifier 126 and first gain and phase compensation circuit 131 can be formed by a feedback configuration other than this.
- Gain and phase compensation is not only used to compensate for the phase delay of the error amplifier 126.
- a second gain and phase compensation circuit 132 is also connected to the first resistor (R1) 124. In this manner, the first and second gain and phase compensation circuits 131, 132 are used to stabilize the entire feedback network of the charge pump circuit.
- the external power source voltage (V DD ) 100 is inserted between the external power source input terminal 129 and the ground terminal (GND) 120.
- the external power source voltage (V DD ) 100 is also connected to at least the charge pump switch group 130.
- the charge pump switch group 130 will now be explained.
- the parts surrounded by a dotted line comprise the charge pump switch group 130.
- the external power source (V DD ) 100 is connected to the charge pump switch group 130 via first and second terminals 120, 129.
- the charge applied from the external power source (V DD ) 100 via first and third switches (SW1) 101 and (SW3) 103 is transferred to the pump capacitor (C1) 111, and the charge is thereafter transferred to the output capacitor (C2) 112 from the pump capacitor (C1) 111 via the second switch (SW2) 102 and the fourth switch (SW4) 104.
- the transfer of charge is carried out independently for each switch, and by repetition of this operation it is possible to indirectly supply current from the power source (V DD ) 100 to the output terminals. In other words, the charge is not directly transferred to the output capacitor 112 from the external power source 100.
- the maximum output voltage extracted from V out at the output terminal 123, is twice that of the external power source (V DD ) 100.
- FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the switch group.
- switches having ON/OFF signal input/output terminals are used in the same way as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, but there are changes in the position at which the output terminal 123 is located and in the wiring connections.
- the charge is transferred to the pump capacitor (C1) 111 from the external power source (V DD ) 100, and thereafter the repeated operation of the transfer of charge from the pump capacitor (C1) 111 to the output capacitor (C2) 112 is exactly the same as the embodiment in FIG. 10.
- the voltage appearing at output capacitor (C2) 112 is negative, and the maximum output voltage is -2 ⁇ V DD . In this manner, it is possible to vary the output voltage depending on the type of connections existing between the switch group 130, the pump capacitor (C1) 111 and the output capacitor (C2) 112.
- FIG. 12 shows an embodiment in which three additional switches (SW5,SW6,SW7) 137, 138, 139 having control terminals 140, 141, and 142, respectively, are added to the embodiment of FIG. 10.
- the difference between the FIG. 12 and FIG. 10 embodiments is that in FIG. 12 the charge is simultaneously transferred from the external power source (V DD ) 100 to the pump capacitor (C1) 111 and a second pump capacitor (C5) 150.
- a fifth switch (SW5) 137 and a seventh switch (SW7) 139 control the charging of the second pump capacitor (C5) 150.
- the first, third, fifth and seventh switches (SW1,SW3,SW5,SW7) 101,103,137,139 are closed, and the second, fourth and sixth switches (SW2,SW4,SW6) 102,104,138 are open.
- the second, fourth and sixth switches (SW2,SW4,SW6) 102,104,138 are closed and first, third, fifth and seventh switches (SW1,SW3,SW5,SW7) 101,103,137,139 are opened.
- the first pump capacitor (C1) 111 is connected in series with external power source input terminal 129, and in addition charged pump capacitor (C5) 150 is also connected in series. Repetition of the above-described series of operations results in a maximum output voltage V out , from output terminal 123, of 3 ⁇ V DD .
- the charge pump switch group of the invention comprises a plurality of switches wired together, with external or built-in pump capacitors and output capacitors being connected thereto, the device having a function whereby the plurality of switches can be controlled by means of external signals.
- transistors such as MOSFETs have a variable ON resistance depending on the gate voltage
- one or more of the switches of the embodiments described thus far can be replaced by an FET. This is shown in FIG. 13, in which first through fourth switches (SW1-SW4) 101-104 of the FIG. 10 embodiment have been replaced by FETs.
- MOS transistors include PMOS transistors and NMOS transistors, so long as the ON resistance can be varied using the voltage V gs between the gate and source, either of these types may be used.
- FIG. 14(B) shows the voltage waveforms applied to the ON/OFF control terminal for the switches in the charge pump switch group shown in FIG. 14(A) and described above. These waveforms are formed in control circuit 128 shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 14(B), a ramp waveform (sawtooth) is applied to the third switch (SW3) 103, with a rectangular waveform being applied to the first switch (SW1) 101, the second switch (SW2) 102 and the fourth switch (SW4) 104. In the circuit of FIG. 14(A), the charge pump operation proceeds as described above in connection with the charge pump circuit of FIG. 10. In the circuit of FIG. 14(A), the maximum output voltage is twice the input voltage.
- a ramp waveform sawtooth
- VDD voltage of power source
- f oscillation frequency
- PW0 Length of PW0 is fixed (PW0 is 1/(f * 2).)
- Ramp waveform driven by a voltage of 0-5 volts.
- RSW1 resistance when TR1 is ON
- RSSW2 resistance when TR2 is ON
- the output voltage is adjusted by varying the pulse width of the ramp waveform applied to the third switch (SW3) 103 (when the third switch (SW3) 103 is ON).
- the period over which voltage is applied to the third switch (SW3) 103 for the longest time is the period PW1, and the maximum voltage of the ramp waveform is 5 V.
- the charge transferred from the power source to the pump capacitor (C1) 111 is also at a maximum, so that the output voltage is at a maximum as well.
- a smaller ramp waveform as shown by the arrows indicated in FIG. 14(B) is used.
- the period during which voltage is applied to the third switch (SW3) 103 (the conducting time) is PW2, which is shorter than PW1, and the maximum voltage of the ramp waveform is only at 3 V.
- the pulse waveform is not limited to the sawtooth waveform shown in FIG. 14(B).
- MOSFETs have the V gs (gate source voltage) and I ds (drain source current) characteristics shown in FIG. 15.
- V ds gate source voltage
- I ds drain source current
- ⁇ the carrier mobility
- C ox the capacitance per unit area
- W the effective channel width of the FET
- L the actual channel length
- V t the threshold value voltage of the FET
- ⁇ the channel length modulation parameter
- Equation (3) Solving for the ON resistance, the following Equation (3) can be derived from Equation (2): ##EQU3##
- Equation (4) the relationship between R ON and V g for the MOSFET used in the embodiment in FIG. 14(A) is determined as follows: ##EQU5##
- V gs increases, R ON gradually decreases.
- V gs is in the vicinity of 0 (when it is close to V t )
- the variation in the on resistance due to V gs is great.
- the ramp waveform of FIG. 14(B) is applied to the gate of the MOSFET, the resistance of the MOS transistor can be varied with time.
- FIG. 17(A) shows the results of such a calculation, the horizontal axis representing the maximum voltage (V gsmax ) of the ramp waveform, the vertical axis representing the average resistance (R ave ) per unit time.
- V gsmax the maximum voltage
- R ave the average resistance
- the pulse width (PW) and the average resistance (R ave ) can both be found in the same manner. This can be seen in FIG. 17 by substituting PW on the horizontal axis (not shown in the figure).
- the relationship between the pulse width and the maximum voltage of the ramp waveform in the circuit in FIG. 14 can be determined using a simulation, as shown in FIG. 18.
- FIG. 19 shows an enlarged version of a portion of FIG. 18. When comparing this with the results of a simulation using the charge pump circuit shown in FIG. 5, the differences are even more evident.
- the pulse width would need to be changed by only 70 ns.
- control is extremely easy in this embodiment since the pulse width must be changed by 700ns.
- the output voltage can easily be raised.
- the pulse width of the rectangular waveform (the gate voltage waveform of the first, second and fourth switches (SW1,SW2,SW4) 101,102,104) was fixed, but this can also be varied so as to coincide with the ON time of the ramp waveform. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 20, the start-up and decay of the ramp waveform are synchronous with the rectangular waveform.
- the operation of the charge pump is completely identical with that explained above.
- FIG. 21 shows a different embodiment of the ramp waveform.
- the ramp waveform As shown from a to c, it is possible to vary the output voltage.
- waveform a With waveform a, the start-up and decay of the output voltage are rapid, reaching maximum voltage in a specific time.
- Waveform b is similar to that described above. In comparison to waveform b, waveform a has a lower average resistance, and the voltage output from the charge pump circuit is high. When the output voltage is made low, if a ramp waveform such as waveform c is used, the average resistance is high and the output voltage is low, so it is possible to easily adjust the output voltage.
- the ramp waveform of the present invention is a waveform which has been designed deliberately to require time to elapse before the voltage reaches its peak.
- FIGS. 22 and 23 are further embodiments of ramp waveforms with which the invention may be practiced.
- the ramp waveform of FIG. 22 when the pulse width reaches a maximum the average resistance is lower than that of FIG. 20. Thus, using this waveform, it is possible to obtain a large output current from the charge pump circuit.
- the waveform of FIG. 23 when the pulse width is at a maximum the average resistance is low. On the other hand, when the output voltage is set low, the range of adjustment for the pulse width is wide.
- FIGS. 24 and 25 show circuits for generating ramp waveforms.
- the sawtooth waveform shown in FIG. 20 can be created simply using only a low power constant current source 200, a ring oscillator 202, and an inverter 204. This is similar to the oscillators in conventional use, and the scale of the circuit is not large. In addition, the manufacturing cost of such a circuit is negligible. Furthermore, there is no need to generate an extremely short pulse width, so that current consumption is low.
- the waveform shown in FIG. 21 can be achieved using only a low power constant current source 200, a ring oscillator 202, and an inverter 206, in the same way as for the circuit in FIG. 24. This also is not expensive to manufacture, and does not consume much current.
- the need for a complicated circuit or for increased current consumption is obviated by the use of an adjustable ramp waveform for driving a switching element used in charge transfer to control the output voltage.
- the ramp waveform can be created using a simple circuit.
- the output voltage is adjusted by applying a ramp waveform applied to the third switch (SW3) 103.
- the output voltage can be adjusted by applying the ramp waveform to one (or more) of the other switches in a similar manner.
- a charge pump circuit is driven using a method which controls the average resistance of one or more switching devices with a ramp waveform, and, when the output voltage fluctuates, the output voltage is maintained at a fixed value by varying the resistance of the switch circuit using the operation of a feedback circuit or the like.
- the size of the circuit used to achieve this result is small, the current consumed is low, and it is possible to control the output voltage easily without requiring high speed operation.
- the input/output efficiency is high, the output ripple noise is low, and there is no radio frequency noise, with the result that the charge pump circuit of the present invention can be widely used as a power source device in many types of portable electronic equipment.
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